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KAR 154 (P282614)
Literary, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282614 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10164 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [i+na] u₄-me {d}IŠKUR i-ša-tu-qu-ni NU.GIG-MEŠ u₂-še-ṣu-ni | On the day that Adad rises, the charioteers will bring (them). |
| 2 | [x] 1/2 SILA₃ NINDA 7 ma-ka-la-tu 1 SILA₃ ŠIM 2 BAN₂ KAŠ i+na E₂-ša-li-me ⸢DU₃⸣ | [x] 1/2 qû of bread, 7 mashkalu-bowls, 1 sila of flour, 2 seahs of beer in the granary of the temple |
| 3 | i+na ŠA₃ an-ni-ma 3 SILA₃ NINDA 7 ma-ka-la-tu a-na E₂ {d}IŠKUR 1 SILA₃ NINDA 1 ma-kal-tu | From this 3 litres of bread, 7 mash-tubs for the temple of Adad, 1 litre of bread and 1 wash-tub. |
| 4 | NU.GIG-MEŠ in-ha a-na pa-ni {d}IŠKUR i-na-di-a im-ha i-pa-ša-ra | The nugig priestess he shall bring to the presence of Adad. He shall carry out the rites. |
| 5 | SANGA ša [te-lil]-te u₂-lal NU.GIG-MEŠ DINGIR u₂-la-a | The priest of the pure rites shall purify; the priests shall not revere the god. |
| 6 | SANGA NU.[GIG-MEŠ] ⸢iš⸣-tu E₂ {d}IŠKUR u₂-ṣu-ni | The priest, the nugig priestess of the temple of Adad built. |
| 7 | a-na ⸢KA₂⸣ [a-bu-sa₃]-te ša {d}MAŠ ša E₂ aš+šur <il-lu-ku> SANGA u₂-šab NU.GIG-MEŠ | To the gate of the abusātu-priestess of Ninurta of the temple of Ašur they shall go (and) the priest shall enter. The priests |
| 8 | in-ha [i-na-di-a] {⸢munus⸣}NU.GIG-MEŠ in-ha i-pa-ša-ra SANGA ša te-lil-te u₂-lal | he gave to me. The šangû-priests inha he will perform. The priest of the purification rites shall perform. |
| 9 | NU.GIG-MEŠ DINGIR [u₂-la]-a i+na KA₂ sa₃-mu-uh il-lak NU.GIG-MEŠ in-ha i-na-di-a | The priestess of the god will not go to the gate of Samuḫ; the priestesses will eat and drink. |
| 10 | in-ha i-pa-ša-ra SANGA ša te-lil-te u₂-lal NU.GIG-MEŠ DINGIR u₂-la-a 1 SILA₃ NINDA | The priest performs the extispicy. The nugig priestess of the god does not eat 1 qû of bread. |
| 11 | 1 ma-kal-tu 1 SILA₃ KAŠ 6{šu} ku-ṣa-e ša ma-kal-te [...] | 1 malt, 1 qû of beer, 6 cubits of malt |
| 12 | i+na ma-qe-e i-na-qi-<a> MU {d}E₂.A-MAN {d}IDIGNA{la₂} KIMIN {d}UTU iz-[za-kar] | At the libation he will offer. The name of Ea-šarru and Digna ditto Šamaš he shall proclaim. |
| 13 | NU.GIG-MEŠ a-na {e₂}ha-am-ri il-la-ka SANGA u₂-šab NU.GIG-[MEŠ] | The priest goes to the Hamru temple. The priest places the priests. |
| 14 | [in]-ha i-na-di-a SANGA ša te-lit-te u₂-lal 1 SILA₃ NINDA 1 SILA₃ KAŠ [...] | The priest of the extispicy will compensate. 1 litre of bread, 1 liter of beer ... |
| 15 | [x] ⸢x {e₂}ha⸣-am-ri ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢x za x x x e⸣ [...] | ... the hamru-house |
| r | ||
| 1' | SANGA [...] | The priest ... |
| 2' | i-ka-[...] | Ika- |
| 3' | 1 1/2 SILA₃ NINDA 5 SILA₃ [...] | 1 1/2 qû of bread, 5 qa of ... |
| 4' | ša aš+šur KIMIN {d}IŠKUR e-pal a-ri-ik-ta ša UR₂ [...] | Of Assyria, ditto, Adad, I have entrusted to you the scepter of the body |
| 5' | u₂-šal-pu-tu re-eh-ti NINDA KAŠ KA₂ ka-a-ri SANGA NU.GIG-[MEŠ ...] | The remainder of bread and beer at the gate of the granary. The priest, the chariot fighters |
| 6' | SANGA NU.GIG-MEŠ a-na E₂ {d}IŠKUR i-tu-ru-ni du-ma-qi ša NU.GIG-[MEŠ] | The priest of the nugig priestess returned to the temple of Adad. The good things of the nīnû priests |
| 7' | i-pa-ṭu-ru 3 SILA₃ NINDA 1 BAN₂ KAŠ 1 UDU 1 SILA₃ ŠIM-MEŠ a-na pa-an {d}IŠKUR in-ni-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | 3 litres of bread, 1 seah of beer, 1 sheep, 1 litre of aromatics for Adad he presented to him. |
| 8' | i+na UDU šu-a-šu {uzu}GABA {uzu}ZAG.LU GU₂ si-si-a-te 1 {uzu}UR₂-šu ⸢te⸣-e-ši TI | From that sheep the breast-bone (and) the shoulder-bone, the neck-bone(s) and the tendons, 1 of his kidneys, ētêši-plant he will recover. |
| 9' | 3 TI-MEŠ 3 ki-iṣ-ri a-na IGI {d}ša-la 3 TI-MEŠ 3 ki-iṣ-ri a-na IGI {d}ta-ra-mu-a | Three times three kiṣru offerings before Šala, three times three offerings before Taramua. |
| 10' | 2+1 TI-MEŠ 3 ki-iṣ-ri a-na IGI {d}ku-be ša <E₂> {d}IŠKUR {uzu}šu-me-la a-na IGI {d}a-ni | 2+1 persons, 3 kiṣru offerings before Kūbe of the temple of Adad, šumēla offerings before Anu |
| 11' | bu-gur-ra a-na pa-ni {d}ku-be ša E₂ {d}a-ni im ⸢x⸣ du ir-ri x.GAL [x] | a bugurru-vessel in front of Kūbe of the temple of Anu, clay ... |
| 12' | kur-si-na-te pa-ni-a-te a-lah₂-hi-nu re-eh₂-ti UZU-MEŠ NU.GIG-MEŠ i-ka-la-a | The former kursinātu-priests, millers, will eat the rest of the meat of the nugig priestess. |
| 13' | ⸢KUŠ⸣ gi-du SA.LAL SANGA ša {d}IŠKUR i-laq-qe [...] | The priest of Adad will take the e22kušu-stone, the reed mat, the bolt |
| 14' | [ki]-⸢ma⸣ pa-ni {d}IŠKUR x.GAL NU.GIG-MEŠ TUR-MEŠ zi-im-ri-šu-nu [...] | Before Adad the chief of the priests, young and old, their faces |
| 15' | [x x] ma-ka-la-a-te ⸢x⸣-MEŠ UTUL₂ GIŠ-MEŠ A-MEŠ ha-aṣ-ba [...] | ... offerings of the ...-houses; a large bowl with wood and water to drink |
| 16' | [...]-ri ki har-ma-ki ša-li-mu [...] | ... in the place of battle, peace ... |
| 17' | [...] bi ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... that |
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